# Advanced Clinical Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-clinical-practitioner/3a699ccb-2e7a-4309-9173-f9cafbf083b8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-clinical-practitioner/3a699ccb-2e7a-4309-9173-f9cafbf083b8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Chesterfield - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse practitioner - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £64,750 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week (Full time hours) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T12:51:29.531Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Shirebrook/Derbyshire_Community_Health_Services_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Advanced_Clinical_Practitioner/Advanced_Clinical_Practitioner-v8042702 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8042702?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dchs.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We currently have an exciting opportunity for highly motivated and enthusiastic ACP/to work within our Home Visiting service (Team Up) in North Hardwick and Bolsover. A Band 7 trainee position may be offered to an aspiring Advanced Clinical Practitioner who is committed to undertaking an apprenticeship training programme. A Band 8a position will be offered to candidates who have already completed an MSc in Advanced Practice (or equivalent) and who can demonstrate contemporary experience working at an advanced level within a relevant clinical environment. If you have a passion for life-long learning, enthusiasm for supporting the development needs of others, excellent communication skills and a commitment to continuous quality improvement we would love to hear from you! If offered a trainee position you will commit to undertaking an apprenticeship programme comprising a 3-year MSc in Advanced Practice and the development of an ePortfolio to demonstrate your capability across the four pillars. Trainees will commence on AFC Band 7 payscale, and uplifted to Band 8a on successful completion of the MSc, successful submission of their portfolio to a cross-organisational review panel. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will support patients referred to  the Acute Home Vising service in North Hardwick and Bolsover primarily ensuring patients remain safe in their own home. As an ACP you will: - Provide clinical leadership, including direct clinical care, and advice on complex issues - Establish a cohesive team approach for the ACP workforce development - Lead on training needs discussions, based on audit findings, supervision outputs and individual staff knowledge gaps - Assist in feedback for staff appraisals. You will apply advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making to the provision of clinical care to patients in their own homes. You will exercise a high degree of autonomy through the application of advanced clinical skills in relation to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of community patients. You will lead and monitor improvements to quality of care through clinical audit, evidence-based practice, clinical supervision, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership. You will lead the implementation of relevant clinical guidelines into practice and contribute to the further development of the evidence base through research and audit. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please review the Job Description and Person Specification.   To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site.  You will need to register if you do not already have an account ## Job Details We currently have an exciting opportunity for highly motivated and enthusiastic ACP/to work within our Home Visiting service (Team Up) in North Hardwick and Bolsover. A Band 7 trainee position may be offered to an aspiring Advanced Clinical Practitioner who is committed to undertaking an apprenticeship training programme. A Band 8a position will be offered to candidates who have already completed an MSc in Advanced Practice (or equivalent) and who can demonstrate contemporary experience working at an advanced level within a relevant clinical environment. If you have a passion for life-long learning, enthusiasm for supporting the development needs of others, excellent communication skills and a commitment to continuous quality improvement we would love to hear from you! If offered a trainee position you will commit to undertaking an apprenticeship programme comprising a 3-year MSc in Advanced Practice and the development of an ePortfolio to demonstrate your capability across the four pillars. Trainees will commence on AFC Band 7 payscale, and uplifted to Band 8a on successful completion of the MSc, successful submission of their portfolio to a cross-organisational review panel. ## Job Description The successful candidate will support patients referred to the Acute Home Vising service in North Hardwick and Bolsover primarily ensuring patients remain safe in their own home. As an ACP you will: Provide clinical leadership, including direct clinical care, and advice on complex issues Establish a cohesive team approach for the ACP workforce development Lead on training needs discussions, based on audit findings, supervision outputs and individual staff knowledge gaps Assist in feedback for staff appraisals. You will apply advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making to the provision of clinical care to patients in their own homes. You will exercise a high degree of autonomy through the application of advanced clinical skills in relation to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of community patients. You will lead and monitor improvements to quality of care through clinical audit, evidence-based practice, clinical supervision, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership. You will lead the implementation of relevant clinical guidelines into practice and contribute to the further development of the evidence base through research and audit. ## Responsibilities Please review the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of leadership role - Participation in MDT - Contemporary clinical exp or older people with complex needs - Involvement in service improvement **Desirable** - Practical understanding of primary care/urgent Care and community services ### Qualifications **Essential** - Professional registration with NMC or HCPC - Evidence of post-registration study at undergraduate level (Level 6) - MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (or equivalent) **Desirable** - Mentor/teaching qualification - Independent Prescribing or study of pharmacology & therapeutics at post-graduate level (Level 7) ### Skills and attributes **Essential** - Mentor or clinical appraiser - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - Ability to drive / access to transport - Autonomous practitioner ## Documents - [acp - jd&ps (docx, 148.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10349354) - [application guidance (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2565) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.